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Countdown by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAt long last, an extraterrestrial civilization reached out and made the First Contact. However, no one on Earth took their communique for the genuine article. In a similar vein, very few people appreciated just how little time our new suzerains had promised to keep our planet safe.Regardless, the end of their message showed humankind how to access a mysterious game... -
![Web of Worlds by Michael Atamanov]()
Web of Worlds by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCeasefires have one big downside: they eventually come to an end. And when they do, once again game nodes are set ablaze, and platoons of Dark Faction soldiers threaten our customary world with destruction. The enemy has grown stronger and more numerous. To make matters worse, they also got their hands on even deadlier weaponry...Categorized as:
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![Aces High by Michael Atamanov]()
Aces High by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo be on a starship that’s just sustained serious damage in a space battle including losing its thrusters and find yourself in a totally different galaxy... You might think that would be cause for panic or, at the very least, despondency, right? Not at all! Gnat maintains optimism, gradually gets his space frigate back in working order and even finds upsides to what happened...Categorized as:
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![Joseph Bridgeman and the Silver Hunter by Nick Jones]()
Joseph Bridgeman and the Silver Hunter by Nick Jones
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoseph Bridgeman is back and dreaming of a quiet life. All he wants is to re-kindle his relationship with Alexia Finch, get to know his estranged family and catch up on the last twenty years.Sounds simple enough.But when a mysterious time-traveller arrives in his shop, Joe learns his first trip was only the beginning, and this time the stabilisers are coming off... -
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![External Threat by Michael Atamanov]()
External Threat by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe countdown timer continues to tick, but Earth is still not ready to repel an invasion from space. Gnat is on his voyage with the Shiamiru, all the while trying to find backup for humanity among the great spacefaring races. After all, based on what he’s already seen, he knows not to count on the good sense of his own kind... -
![The Armageddon Inheritance by David Weber]()
The Armageddon Inheritance by David Weber
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsColin MacIntyre, a NASA astronaut kidnapped by a starship impersonating Earth's moon, has just suppressed a fifty-thousand-year-old mutiny, but now he faces an even bigger challenge. By the author of Mutineers' Moon. Reissue... -
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Mutineers' Moon by David Weber
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFor Lt. Commander Colin Maclntyre, it began as a routine training flight over the Moon. For Dahak, a self-aware Imperial battleship, it began millennia ago when that powerful artificial intelligence underwent a mutiny in the face of the enemy. The mutiny was never resolved--Dahak was forced to maroon not just the mutineers but the entire crew on prehistoric Earth... -
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Unstoppable Arsenal by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAmelia knows where parents are, and now it's time to go get them. But will this be the end of her 14-year quest? Not likely! If she can rescue her parents that will only be the first step into a much larger world. A world where everything is not as it seems and even the staunchest allies may be enemies. Amelia has one shot to stop a maniac bent on world domination...Categorized as:
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![Game Changer by Michael Atamanov]()
Game Changer by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOur galaxy is at war! Great alien races have just clashed in desperate combat and its aftershocks are echoing even in our backwater. The Geckho - protectors and overlords of planet Earth - join the global conflict too. Is it a good thing for humanity? Hard to say. On one hand, the Geckho are too busy to defend our planet which doesn’t sound too good...Categorized as:
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![Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien]()
Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJack, Mike and Trip were ripped from their loved ones and thrown into a dangerous world they know nothing about, relentlessly pursued by Night Runners, Zombies and a terrifying new creature known only as Whistlers. Like their own worlds, civilization has collapsed and danger lurks around every corner... -
![Cause for War by Michael Atamanov]()
Cause for War by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Army of Earth is being sent on its first tour of duty. Its fifty thousand proud and valiant troopers are the best of the best, full of hope for brilliant victories and spoils of war that can help Earth's humanity along in its development.There's just one little problem though...Categorized as:
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![Six Bits by Laurence E. Dahners]()
Six Bits by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWarning! This book is a collection of short stories, novelettes, and novellas. Two of them, Porter and Macos have been available on Amazon as stand-alone stories in the past, but readers complained that they were too short to justify Amazon’s minimum $0.99 price... -
![Reformation by Mark Henrikson]()
Reformation by Mark Henrikson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 3 in the Origins series“When darkness comes keep an eye on the light, no matter how far away it seems.” These wise words are put to the ultimate test as time moves forward into the Middle Ages for the Lazarus crew.Hastelloy recalls for his therapist mankind’s fall from the Golden Age of Rome into a darkness that humanity was powerless to escape for a thousand years... -
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Ancient Arsenal by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNow, more than ever, the world needs Arsenal. Just not the modern world. Trapped in the past before superpowers existed, Amelia has one chance to return home. Find the Armor of the Protector before Tesla turns on his machine and Frank is forced back to the present...Categorized as:
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![Mount Fitz Roy by Scott Sigler]()
Mount Fitz Roy by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMOUNT FITZ ROY is the long-awaited sequel to the Audible & Amazon bestseller EARTHCORE. The cataclysm in Utah's Wah Wah mountain range left the skies thick with ash, and the surface littered with corpses. The survivors of Earthcore's ill-fated platinum mining expedition move forward, looking to the Andes for the next find — a trillion dollar motherlode that will make them rich ... or dead...Categorized as:
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![The Best of Us by Karen Traviss]()
The Best of Us by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalf the world is a wasteland: the other half is on borrowed time.The West has been devastated by epidemics, bio-terrorism, war, and famine. Asia has shut its borders to keep the threats at bay, and some with power and influence have already abandoned Earth... -
![A Jump into the Unknown by Michael Atamanov]()
A Jump into the Unknown by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe put an end to the war with the Dark Faction, but still humanity’s problems are far from over. More than half of the game’s promised tong of safety has elapsed, and yet humankind is no closer to forming a unified front...Categorized as:
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![Extinction Crisis by James D. Prescott]()
Extinction Crisis by James D. Prescott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsExtinction Crisis is the third and final book in the series! With the doomsday ship only days away from impacting the Earth, humanity's demise seems all but assured. In every corner of the world, news of the impending destruction has led to chaos, looting and the collapse of the rule of law...Categorized as:
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![Heirs of Empire by David Weber]()
Heirs of Empire by David Weber
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRestoring the empire that had been destroyed 45,000 years earlier, Emperor Colin finds problems in the genocidal Achuultani and in his children Sean and Harriet, who have been marooned on a hostile planet...Categorized as:
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![Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg: Girl Genius, Book Four by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg: Girl Genius, Book Four by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, mad science rules the world—with mixed success. In Agatha H and the Siege of Mechanicsburg, Agatha Heterodyne, the last of the Heterodyne family, has returned to her family’s hereditary town with the might of the Wulfenbach Empire hot on her heels...Categorized as:
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![First Contact by Dean M. Cole]()
First Contact by Dean M. Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Bestselling Author of Solitude!As part of the Greatest Generation, Major Anthony Spinelli, a World War II fighter pilot, flew into combat to save his family and keep them free. Two years later, he lost them in the blink of an eye, leaving Tony rudderless and without purpose... -
![Scythian Dawn by P.K. Lentz]()
Scythian Dawn by P.K. Lentz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGalactic overlords keep Earth mired in a permanent Dark Age. Empires are dust. Only nomadic cultures thrive. One barbarian war band will fight back. A new Dawn will rise.Born to Scythian royalty, Arixa rejected palace life at age nineteen to recruit her own war band, the Dawn, and ride the steppe in defense of the capital...Categorized as:
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![Independence Day: Silent Zone by Stephen Molstad]()
Independence Day: Silent Zone by Stephen Molstad
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe No. 1 blockbuster movie Independence Day was only part of the story. After the alien invaders are downed and teams are sent out to find survivors, only some personal belongings of Dr. Brackish Okun, head scientist of Area 51, are found.Okun's story is amazing, yet completely believable... -
![A Band of Brothers by William R. Forstchen]()
A Band of Brothers by William R. Forstchen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the ten years since his regiment was transported to an alien world, Commander Andrew Keane has bravely fought time and time again for humanity's freedom. But after the is injured in battle, his confidence is shaken, and his ability to lead is damaged. Seeing their leader struck down also takes its toll on Keane's men, who have followed him to hell and back...Categorized as:
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![Rally Cry by William R. Forstchen]()
Rally Cry by William R. Forstchen
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Union Colonel Andrew Keane and his soldiers were swept through a space-time warp, they found themselves in an alternate world where their rifles were centuries advanced over swords, spears and crossbows...Categorized as:
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![Hell's Faire by John Ringo]()
Hell's Faire by John Ringo
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith the defenses of the Southern Appalachians sundered, the only thing standing between the ravening Posleen hordes and the soft interior of the Cumberland Plateau are the veterans of 555th Mobile Infantry. Dropped into Rabun Pass, with a couple of million Posleen behind them and fourteen million to the front, the only question is which will run out first: power, bullets or bodies... -
![When the Devil Dances by John Ringo]()
When the Devil Dances by John Ringo
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter five years of battling invaders, human civilization prepares a strike to drive the aliens from the Earth. But the Clan-Lord of the Sten has learned from the defeats humans have dealt him, and has his own plan. When he squares off against Major O'Neal, the only winner will be Satan himself... -
![The Enigma Cube by Douglas E. Richards]()
The Enigma Cube by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA riveting near-future thriller. From the NY Times bestselling author whose books have sold over a million copies.An alien object with breathtaking capabilities. And a life-and-death struggle for the future of humanity. Dr. Kelly Connolly is part of a top-secret team studying the most important find in human history, the Enigma Cube, an alien artifact of incomprehensible power... -
![The Apocalypse Troll by David Weber]()
The Apocalypse Troll by David Weber
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere he was in his sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic, all alone and loving it. Well, there was a US Navy carrier group on his southern horizon, but he was US Navy himself, so he didn't mind. Then came the UFOs, hurtling in from the Outer Black to overfly the carriers at Mach 17. Their impossible aeronautics were bad enough - but then they started shooting at each other. And at the Navy... -
![The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s been ten years since Handry was wrenched away from his family and friends, forced to wander a world he no longer understood. But with the help of the Ancients, he has cobbled together a life, of sorts, for himself and his fellow outcasts... -
![Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman]()
Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNumber five in the Carerra military science fiction series that started with A Desert Called Peace. Miltary leader Carrera faces down a threat from progressive totalitarians and wins the freedom of his country on a frontier planet.The Carrera saga continues with entry number five, and the sequel to Amazon Legion. Carrera. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without compunction. Victorious... -
![The Union Forever by William R. Forstchen]()
The Union Forever by William R. Forstchen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsColonel Andrew Keane and his blue-coated soldiers were not the first humans time-space-warped to a world so familiar yet so foreign. Humans abounded on the perverse planet-humans treated like cattle by the alien warrior overlords. Keane's Civil War weaponry defeated the swords, spears and crossbows of his monstrous adversaries... -
![Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson]()
Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWelcome to the Wild North, a desolate wasteland where criminals go to hide—if they can outlast the drought and the dangers of the desert. Or the dangers of something else. Meet Nox, the Coilhunter. A mechanic and toymaker by trade, a bounty hunter by circumstance. He isn't in it for the money. He's in it for justice, and there's a lot of justice that needs to be paid...Categorized as:
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![Strength and Honor by R.M. Meluch]()
Strength and Honor by R.M. Meluch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaptain John Farragut and the crew of the U.S.S. Merrimack face their greatest challenge as Caesar Romulus declares war on the United States of America with a direct attack on Earth. The Merrimack retaliates with an assault on the Roman capital world of Palatine, and in the midst of the chaos, the Hive descends on Earth... -
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![Elusive Salvation (Star Trek: The Original Series) by Dayton Ward]()
Elusive Salvation (Star Trek: The Original Series) by Dayton Ward
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all-new Star Trek adventure across time—the latest of the acclaimed Original Series novels!The Arctic Circle, 1845: Escaping the tyranny under which their people have lived for generations, aliens from a distant planet crash land on Earth’s inhospitable frozen wastes...Categorized as:
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![Firehand by Andre Norton, P.M. Griffin]()
Firehand by Andre Norton, P.M. Griffin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoss Murdoch was a petty criminal when he first time-traveled. Now he is a hero, about to face a time-traveling band of predatory aliens, the same ones who made his hand a charred ruin. With a small but loyal force, they face a much larger foe. They need a hero. They need Firehand... -
![Skull Island by Will Murray, Michael McConnohie]()
Skull Island by Will Murray, Michael McConnohie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen King Kong famously fell from his death perch on the summit of the Empire State Building early in 1933, the question on many moviegoers' minds was: Where the heck was Doc Savage? For the tallest skyscraper in Manhattan was also the world headquarters of the famous superman-scientist known as the Man of Bronze...Categorized as:
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![Federal Underground by Jeff Bennington]()
Federal Underground by Jeff Bennington
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPenn Mitchell vanishes from the NYU campus and shows up three months later on his mother's doorstep with a book screaming to get out of his head. When the FBI discovers the novel discloses top-secret information, they bring Penn in for questioning... -
![The Retro War by Dietmar Arthur Wehr]()
The Retro War by Dietmar Arthur Wehr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore you buy this ebook, be aware that you can get a complimentary copy of it by simply joining my mailing list from my website. The Synchronicity War is over and the Insectoid beachheads in our spiral arm have been destroyed but the aftermath of the war holds some nasty surprises for Humanity and its loyal AI allies. Somebody is messing with the human timeline...Categorized as:
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![The Excalibur Alternative by David Weber]()
The Excalibur Alternative by David Weber
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis novel is expanded from a shorter version published in David Drake's Foreign Legions. Captured by a technologically advanced alien race, a group of medieval English knights gains power and experience as savage interstellar mercenaries, all the while planning for the day when they will rise up and reclaim the freedom that is their destiny... -
![The Great Martian War: Invasion! by Scott Washburn]()
The Great Martian War: Invasion! by Scott Washburn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFollowing the defeat of the Martian invasion of Britain, a new threat to humanity lands in the American west...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: The Ripple Effect: Seventh Doctor: 50th Anniversary by Malorie Blackman]()
Doctor Who: The Ripple Effect: Seventh Doctor: 50th Anniversary by Malorie Blackman
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.When the TARDIS lands on Skaro, the Seventh Doctor and Ace are shocked to discover the planet has become the universal centre of learning, populated by a race of peace-loving Daleks...Categorized as:
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![Excalibur by Robert Doherty, Bob Mayer]()
Excalibur by Robert Doherty, Bob Mayer
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEXCALIBUR: LOST RELIC. LEGENDARY TALISMAN. ULTIMATE WEAPON.Once thought of as myth, the legendary sword of King Arthur is now a fiercely pursued reality--the most important artifact in a worldwide chess game for control of man’s destiny. Two rival factions have made their move for domination of the planet. And now former Green Beret Mike Turcotte and his elite team must answer the call of duty... -
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Extracted by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 2061, a young scientist invents a time machine to fix a tragedy in his past. But his good intentions turn catastrophic when an early test reveals something unexpected: the end of the world.A desperate plan is formed. Recruit three heroes, ordinary humans capable of extraordinary things, and change the future...Categorized as:
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![The Sagittarius Command by R.M. Meluch]()
The Sagittarius Command by R.M. Meluch
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the third novel of this acclaimed military science fiction series, all of humanity and its alien allies have joined together to battle the Hive-a force of pure destruction sweeping through the galaxy... -
![Assault on Atlantis by Bob Mayer]()
Assault on Atlantis by Bob Mayer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 10,000 BC, the Shadow approaches and destroys the mighty empire of Atlantis, leaving not trace of it other than vague legend. Only a handful of survivors, priestesses and warriors survive, knowing they must pass their legacy down, so that the next time the Shadow comes, mankind will be better prepared.Now it has come back. But it wants the entire planet... -
![Other Times Than Peace by David Drake]()
Other Times Than Peace by David Drake
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPatriotic hoo-ha may be well-and-good for recruitment parades, but David Drake's battle-hardened mercenaries know it takes tanks, guns and grit to win when the real fighting flares. Yet peace brings its own problems to old soldiers - for once the killing starts in peacetime, there may be no end to the madness...Categorized as:
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![V: The Original Miniseries by Kenneth C. Johnson, A.C. Crispin]()
V: The Original Miniseries by Kenneth C. Johnson, A.C. Crispin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKenneth Johnson's Warner Bros. television series V swept the nation and drew in hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide. Now, the novel V is finally back in print, with an all-new, never-before-seen revised ending.V tells the exciting story of mysterious Alien visitors who are ready to solve Earth's problems... -
![The Reckoning: The Day Australia Fell by Keith McArdle]()
The Reckoning: The Day Australia Fell by Keith McArdle
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAustralia has been invaded. While the outnumbered Australian Defence Force fights on the ground, in the air and at sea, this quickly becomes a war involving ordinary people. Ben, an IT consultant has never fought a day in his life... -
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Terra's World by Mitch Benn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTerra , which Neil Gaiman said reminded him of Douglas Adams,Terry Pratchett and Roald Dahl, launched the novel writing career of stand-up comedian and BBC Radio 4 Now Show regular Mitch Benn.Now Terra is a couple of years older and back on earth. She's in hiding. And in Terra's World we find out why. But none of this is known to Billy Dolphin...
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